It's springtime, and Leonardo's Wisteria is also in bloom. That's what it's called, this precious corner of our city that is very little known even by the Milanese themselves.

It is located in the Scalo Romano neighborhood, in the Ripamonti area, in the southern part of Milan. Leonardo's Wisteria is one of the oldest in Italy. It is estimated to be more than 715 years old, and according to botanical experts, its roots are now so long that they measure about two kilometers.

This beautiful flowering wisteria really liked Leonardo da Vinci where he loved to spend some of his time here meditating and finding inspiration. It is said that at one time, when the wisteria was growing in the open countryside away from the city walls, Leonardo da Vinci (who worked permanently in Milan) loved to sit in the shade of this large plant to take in the coolness and meditate. Some claim that it was under these foliage that the genius found inspiration for the Navigli project from Lodovico il Moro.

In any case, it is worth going to see this masterpiece of nature and observe the neighborhood that houses it. The wisteria is located exactly at Via Bernardino Verro 2, corner of Via dei Fontanili, inside an open courtyard from where everyone can admire it. This address, despite the fact that even the Milanese themselves know little about this story, must have instead ended up in some tourist guidebook, in fact, it is sometimes easy to meet groups of tourists, especially Japanese, who in warm weather, crowd outside the gate to take pictures.

(Ph Ig: @gio_sanna)